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Music and Related Materials (continued)
Silk Stockings (1955, 1957), (continued)
Paris loves lovers (continued)
Printed piano-vocal scores (3), 2 copies are film version ; 7 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 22/1 Paris loves lovers
Printed parts for dance band arrangement
BOX-FOLDER 22/2 The perfume of love
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
Note: unused
BOX-FOLDER 22/3 The red blues
Holograph lead sheet in pencil ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/3 The red blues
Ms. piano-vocal score/sketch in pencil ; [1] p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/3 The red blues
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/3 The red blues
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 7 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 22/4 The Ritz roll and rock
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/4 The Ritz roll and rock
Printed piano-vocal scores (2) ; 5 p. each
Laid in 1 copy: TLS from Albert Sirmay, dated 5/27/54 ; [1] p.
Note: written for film
BOX-FOLDER 22/5 Satin and silk
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 6 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 22/5 Satin and silk
Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/6 Siberia
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 2 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/6 Siberia
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 4 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 22/6 Siberia
Printed piano-vocal scores (3), 2 copies are film version ; 5 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 22/7 Silk stockings
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score with annotations and attached to ms. of verse in pencil ; 10 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/7 Silk stockings
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score ; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/7 Silk stockings
Printed piano-vocal scores (3), 2 copies are film version ; 5 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 22/8 Stereophonic sound
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/8 Stereophonic sound
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 6 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 22/8 Stereophonic sound
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 9 p. each
Laid in 1 copy: TLS from Tom Maturo, dated 1/17/58
BOX-FOLDER 22/8 Stereophonic sound
Copyist's ms. piano-vocal score in ink on transparencies ; 6 p.
Laid in: negative photostat of typed lyric sheets ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/8 Stereophonic sound
Printed piano-vocal score ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/9 There's a Hollywood that's good
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; [3] p.
BOX-FOLDER 22/9 There's a Hollywood that's good
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score ; 4 p.
Note: cut song
BOX-FOLDER 23/1 Too bad
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil of verse attached to ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score of refrain with annotations ; 7 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/1 Too bad
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score, refrain only ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/1 Too bad
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores ; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/2 Under the dress
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil of verse attached to ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score of refrain with annotations ; [2] p. + 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/2 Under the dress
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score ; 8 p.
Note: unused
BOX-FOLDER 23/3 What a ball!
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score, dated 12/24/53 ; 8 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/3 What a ball!
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score, dated 2/23/54 , with annotations and pasteovers ; 13 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/3 What a ball!
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score, dated 10/18/54, with annotations and pasteovers ; 17 p.
Note: unused
BOX-FOLDER 23/4 Why should I trust you?
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; [4] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/4 Why should I trust you?
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
Note: unused
BOX-FOLDER 23/5 Without love
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil of verse and second ending attached to ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score with of refrain with annotations ; 6 p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/5 Without love
Ozalids (2) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, date 12/17/53, 1 copy has pencil annotations in Porter's hand ; 5 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 23/5 Without love
Printed piano-vocal scores (3), 2 copies from film ; 5 p. each
BOX-FOLDER 23/5 Without love
Printed piano-vocal score, Spanish language version "Sin un amor" ; [2] p.
BOX-FOLDER 23/6 [Silk Stockings published music]
Bound set (with string) of printed piano-vocal scores of 9 songs
BOX-FOLDER 24/1-4 [Silk Stockings lyric sheets]
Holograph (unless otherwise noted) lyric sheets, lyric sketches and lyric research in pencil
Song titles and pagination:
  • Art ; [6] leaves
  • As on through the seasons we sail ; [2] leaves, typed
  • Don't you think it's about time for a love scene ; [1] leaf. [Note: incomplete, previously unknown]
  • Fated to be mated ; [1] leaf
  • Give me the land ; [20] leaves
  • Hail Bibinski ; [5] leaves
  • I love you ; [2] leaves. [Note: incomplete, previously unknown]
  • If ever we get out of jail ; [3] leaves, 2 typed
  • I'm the queen that goes too far ; [1] leaf. [Note: incomplete, also known as "I'm the queen Thamar"]
  • Josephine ; [11] leaves, 2 typed. [Laid in: carbon of typed letter from Porter to Cy [Feuer], dated 1/27/55]
  • Keep your chin up ; [5] leaves. [Note: incomplete, previously unknown]
  • Let's make it a night ; [2] leaves
  • Ode to a tractor ; [4] leaves. [Note: incomplete, lyric previously unknown, known as an instrumental]
  • Own a little old modern French painting ; [3] leaves. [Note: incomplete, previously unknown]
  • Perfume of love ; [10] leaves, 4 not in Porter's hand. [Laid in: McCall's Perfume Guide booklet, 1953 ; 43 p.]
  • The red blues ; [2] leaves, typed
  • The Ritz roll and rock ; [1] leaf, typed
  • Satin and silk ; [16] leaves, 5 typed
  • Siberia ; [11] leaves, 1 typed. [Laid in: 2 TLS from George S. Kaufman with postscripts in pencil, n.d.]
  • Siberia ; [9] leaves, typed
  • Silk stockings ; [2] leaves, typed
  • Stereophonic sound ; [16] leaves, 8 typed, 1 not in Porter's hand
  • There's a Hollywood that's good ; [16] leaves, 4 typed
  • Too bad ; [13] leaves, 2 typed
  • Under the dress ; [2] leaves, typed
  • What a ball ; [8] leaves, 8 typed
  • Why should I trust you ; [8] leaves, 4 typed
  • Without love ; [2] leaves, typed
  • [Unidentified] ; [3] leaves
BOX-FOLDER 24/5 ["Silk Stockings" song lyrics]
Bound set of typed lyrics, dated 4/25/56
Laid in: copy of TLS from Motion Picture Association of America to Dore Schary, dated 5/7/56 ; carbon of typed letter from Porter to Arthur Freed, dated 9/29/56 ; TLS from Arthur Freed to Porter, dated 9/20/56
Note: correspondence re censorship of lyrics for film
BOX-FOLDER 25/1 [Silk Stockings script]
Typed script by George S. Kaufman and Leueen McGrath, marked "old," dated 1/54
BOX-FOLDER 25/2 [Silk Stockings script]
Typed script by George S. Kaufman and Leueen McGrath, marked "old," dated 1/19/54
Laid in: note by Porter in pencil marked "Music lay out act 2"
Includes: cut pages at back
BOX-FOLDER 25/3 [Silk Stockings script]
Typed script by George S. Kaufman and Leueen McGrath, and Abe Burrows
BOX-FOLDER 25/4 [Silk Stockings stage settings]
Photocopies of drawings for stage settings by Jo Mielzner ; [12] leaves
BOX-FOLDER 25/5 [Silk Stockings playbills]
Programs (2), dated 2/24/55 and 5/2/55
BOX-FOLDER 25/6 [Silk Stockings miscellaneous]
Typed lists of clippings, opening night gifts, contact sheets, "Music line-up," record orders, contents of collection ; some items include annotations in Porter's hand
BOX-FOLDER 25/7 [Silk Stockings correspondence & notes re tickets & seating for opening night]
Note: of particular interest is the carbon of a typed letter from Porter to J. Omar Cole, dated 1/17/55
BOX-FOLDER 25/8 [Silk Stockings miscellaneous regarding film]
Typed cast list, musical breakdown, clippings
BOX-FOLDER 25/9 [Silk Stockings clippings]
BOX 26, OV 28/3 High Society (film, 1956)
BOX-FOLDER 26/1 Caroline
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/1 Caroline
Ozalids (3) of copyist's ms. piano-vocal scores, 2 versions ; 3 p. each
Note: unused
BOX-FOLDER 26/2 High society calypso
Ms. piano-vocal score in pencil ; 3 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/2 High society calypso
Ozalid of copyist's ms. piano-vocal score ; 4 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/2 Calypso
Printed piano-vocal score ; 5 p.
BOX-FOLDER 26/3 I love you, Samantha
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